TIMELESS NEW YORK ART DECO SINCE 1931
Photo composed
after dusk, taken from Hunter’s Point in Queens, looking southwest across the East
River.
TIMELESS NEW YORK ART DECO SINCE 1931
Photo composed
after dusk, taken from Hunter’s Point in Queens, looking southwest across the East
River.
TIMELESS NEW YORK ART DECO SINCE 1931
Image taken from the observation deck of the Edge at Hudson Yards -- crosstown near the Hudson
River, looking east toward Queens and the East River.
TIMELESS NEW YORK ART DECO SINCE 1931
We title this image “God and Commerce” – with the Empire State Building dwarfing the church in the foreground.
TIMELESS NEW YORK ART DECO SINCE 1931
The Empire
State Building stood as the world's tallest building until the construction of
the World Trade Center in 1970.
Following
its collapse in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the city's tallest
skyscraper until 2012.
TIMELESS NEW YORK ART DECO SINCE 1931
The 90-year-old building
has a roof height of 1,250 feet and stands a total of 1,454 feet tall,
including its antenna.
TIMELESS NEW YORK ART DECO SINCE 1931
The Empire State Building is a 102-story art deco skyscraper designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931.